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GABEL, Albert

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Albert Lloyd
Surname Gabel
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 28-04-1944
Next of kin Son of John and Lillian Gabel, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ529
Markings SE-E
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Schoonselhof Cemetery
Grave Reference IVa. D. 33..
Epitaph THE BATTLE'S O'ER, THE VICTORY'S WON, PEACE AT LAST
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 167
Enlistment information
Service Number J/88608
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Aiano R H (Sgt)
Hazael R E (P/O)
Woodrow W E (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-04-1944
End Date 28-04-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed ESE of Herselt, Belgium